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Purna
@purnasen.bsky.social
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Visiting Prof CWASU
SpAd ICC, chair Respect, Board Member UK Feminista
Long time policy, rights, anti-vawg person. Veggie; cat/animal and nature devotee
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Why would we expect London to be exempt from #grooming?
It would make no sense
#CSE
#childSexualAbuse
#sexualAbuse
#Rape

Sadiq Khan accused of covering up #London grooming gangs scandal

www.thetimes.com/article/f9cc...
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Thanks to @filiacharity.bsky.social for the opportunity to reflect on and discuss the 1996 Brighton conference on #violence #abuse and #womens #citizenship this weekend

I’ll be with @proflizkelly @hillarymcc7 on Saturday
Tx here:
Filia.org.uk/tickets
Session poster for a conversation on the Brighton conference 1996, with #Lizkelly #HilaryMcCollum and me At the 2025 #Filia conference this coming weekend
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Shattered by news of #ConorGearty’s passing.
I was his deputy at #LSE #IPA where principled risk taking proved productive & fun. He became a dear friend.
Conor offered opportunities; it was great to reciprocate: we launched a report at the #UN (his 1st visit to #UNGA room)
I will miss him deeply 💔
Conor Gearty and Purna Sen holding the report ‘Above the Parapet’ in the UN General Assembly room in New York.
September 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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What a woman is #ChoiMal-ja 🙏🏽 💖
She was wronged decades ago & had to wait 61 yrs for justice - won through her #determination, the impact of
#MeToo & study

#SouthKorea

#Woman Is #Absolved Decades After Biting Attacker’s Tongue During Attempted #Rape www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/w...
Extract from the article: “at the time the court said her action against the ma. Exceeded the ‘reasonable bounds’ of self defence. Her attacker was given a lighter sentence: six months in prison, also suspended. Ms. Choi could never let go of the injustice. She passed a general equivalency diploma test and enrolled in a correspondence college in her 60s, studying women’s issues and human rights. In 2020, inspired by the #MeToo movement, she filed for a retrial, 56 years after the incident.
September 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Good morning all, from north #London where the sky is stunning ❣️
#BlueSky #PrettyClouds
Photo shows the sky with rippled clouds, through the ridges of which blue sky can be seen. A few magnificent trees are below.
August 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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We had the great privilege of going on safari earlier this year. What an amazing experience. ❣️
We were able not only to see the animals but also the birds, the stunning skies and the trees.
Thank you #Ngala #Kruger #SouthAfrica
🙏🏽
🦁🐘🐆🦓🐗🐍 🦒
Zebra in the long grass, looking at the camera Several elephants drinking at a water hole Stunning twilight sky - orange light along the horizon with the Drakensberg mountains in silhouette and a few trees. Female lion resting in the shaded long grass. She had just eaten!
July 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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I got my fix of fresh air this morning before it gets too hot.
These beauties kept me company while I had my tea in the garden.
#NorthLondon #summer #greatTit #BlueTit #CoalTit #woodpecker #parakeet
Also #magpies, #pigeons, #crows and #squirrels
List of names and photos of birds identitied through an app, by their songs: great spotted woodpecker, great tit, blue tit, parakeet, coal tit.
July 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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📣 24 JUNE LONDON 📣

The wonderful #CynthiaEnloe has had huge impact on our understanding of #militarism & #war & #WPS work.
Cynthia will be at #CWASU to talk about her book - 12 Feminust Lessons of War

Join us for this in-person event!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/twelve-fem...
A full face photo of Cynthia Enloe, smiling.
June 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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#NorthLondon colours tonight - sunshine on the #trees, with #clouds that threaten #rain.
Beautiful #nature
Dark grey clouds provide a threatening backdrop to sunlit trees. The trees are a mix of various greens. The palette is beautiful.
May 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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So I’m no great football fan (to say the least) but I really enjoyed #DearEngland today at the @nationaltheatre.org.uk

Fantastic story-telling about story telling, amazing acting, stunning set, spot on music.
And despite emotional, saddening content they got everyone dancing at the end.
🙏🏽🙏🏽
Photo shows the national theatre by the river Thames in london Photo of the cover of the programme for Dear England
March 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Gareth #Southgate gave what looks to be an interesting #Dimbleby lecture in which he spoke of #masculinity #online toxicity and over-valuing of the importance of money

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Photo shows a part of the article text which addresses the points made in the skeet
March 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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We went for a lovely walk in the cold sunshine this morning.
#Nala is spending the day here ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽 but isn’t keen to pose for the camera 😂

#Rottweiler #NorthLondon
Woman and Rottweiler against a clear blue sky.
March 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Evening light
#NorthLondon
Evening sunlight shines on bare branches and trees against dark, threatening clouds in the background
March 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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What a beautiful start to the day!
Our morning (north London) is grey but Sunday was stunning
March 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Statement from @ukfeminista.bsky.social concerning the recent #pornography review:
the photo shows a statement which talks of the lawlessness on the online pornography world and its link to sexual violence. The statement welcomes aspects of the Review's recommendations: age verification, the right to withdraw consent, extension of off-line safeguards to online pornography.
March 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Good morning from #NorthLondon
The weather app predicts 16 degrees today ☀️😎 🎉

#RedSky #sunrise #Trees
Photo shows a lone tree with leaves alongside other bare trees. Behind is a fiery low sky where the sun is emerging, bounded by cloud and grey sky above it.
March 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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It’s wonderful to see how the light changes as we move through February into March. The pink looks terracotta behind the plants. ❣️

#NorthLondonLight
#NorthLondon
#Spring
Photo shows the frame of a window through which sunlight pours on pink walls, making them appear a terracotta colour, and several plants.
March 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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There’s some very welcome blue in the #NorthLondon sky this morning.

In my garden the #bluetits, #magpies, #crows and #parakeets are feasting. ❣️

Good morning all!
#BlueSky #birds #nature #trees
Photo shows tall bare trees in the background with a full Holly tree in the foreground. The sky is a mixture of blue and pale pink somewhat obscured by clouds.
February 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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It’s another grey February day in #NorthLondon

I’m looking forward to some #spring colours

#flowers #nature #plants #garden #gardening #pansies
Picture shows a colourful group of pansies They are lilac, purple and yellow
February 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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“Some Afrikaners Cheer as Trump Amplifies Claims of Persecution “

and #racial #discrimination

I wonder how they got their land?? 🤔#Apartheid

@nytimes
#MelanieVerwoerd
#SouthAfrica

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
‘Melanie Verwoerd, a former ambassador to Ireland for South Africa, said the focus on Afrikaner rights inverted the history of a people who have benefitted since the 17th century from land their ancestors took from Black people. She said she was speaking “as a white person, and as an Afrikaner“ adding that it was categorically false that white South Africans were being persecuted. ‘
February 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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This popped up in my notifications. Am marking it to watch another day.

#ShioriIto is an extremely brave #journalist in #Japan who sought justice through the legal system for #sexualAssault

Thank you Shiori 🙏🏽❤️

#MeToo #HumanRights
February 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Join us for #JoiningTheDots 2025 opening session with the most special #CynthiaEnloe (pic credit @clarkeuniversity.bsky.social) & @proflizkelly.bsky.social on 13 Feb
Is there a new world order? What do political/cultural changes in the world mean for #VAWG?

Register here: cwasu.org/session-one-...
Photo shows Cythia Enloe facing the camera with a broad smile Photo shows Liz Kelly speaking
February 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Good morning all from pre sunrise #NorthLondon

There’s a crescent moon 🌒 behind those magnificent trees 🌲
#BlueSky
Denuded trees against a pale blue sky with a crescent moon just peeking through the branches
January 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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20 January 2025

Watched and absolutely loved #SixTripleEight on @Netflix tonight

Thank you 🙏🏽 @tylerperryy.bsky.social @kerrywashington.bsky.social and all involved
for this gem of a film

There were reasons to be angry but also #ReasonsToSmile
today ❤️
Promotion poster for the film six triple eight - showing some film information and a photo of several of the women actors
January 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Good morning all!
#blueSky #winterSky #winter #frost #winterMorning #NorthLondon
January 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM